Guy fixture for poles



GUY FIXTURE FOR POLES Filed Aug. 12, 1931 Patented Apr. 26, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ROLLAND G. WILLIAMS, OF BRANFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR T MALLEABLE IRON FITTINGS COMPANY, OF BRANFORD, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTI- CUT GUY FIXTURE FOR POLES Application led August 12, 1931. Serial No. 556,703.

My invention relates to guy attachments for poles, but more particularly aims to contrive a construction, similar to that shown and described in my Letters Patent No.

5, 1,742,839, issued January 7, 1930, in which the guy cable may be disposed so that it will morel nearly approach parallelism to the pole than the cable illustrated in the patent aforesaid.

In said patent the guy cable diverges at a wide angle from the pole and any anchorage of such cable which would tend to draw the latter toward the body of the fixture would loosen the spike or lag screw at the top of the fixture, and the main object of the present improvement is to obviate this disadvanta e.

Ieferring to the accompanying drawings,

Figures 1 and 2 are elevation views at right angles to each other, showing the fixture secured to the pole with the guy in position, both the pole and the guy beingbroken away, and y Figure 3 is a section at the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Similar numerals of reference denote like parts in the several figures of the drawings.

1l is the pole and 2 generally denotes the fixture which consists of a comparatively broad base portion 3 shaped to closely con'- form to the pole, and from this portion a hub 4 extends outwardly and 'is pierced as shown at 5. n

6 is a downward extension from this base, and near its end this extension is also pierced and a spike 8 is driven through this extension into the pole.

A bolt 9 is passed through the piercing 5 and through the pole and the end of this bolt is extended beyond the pole and is threaded and a washer 10 and nut 1l applied, as usual, to secure this base firmly to the pole.

The hub 4 has a rib 12 around its upper and side portions which rib has a groove y13 to accommodate the cable, as will be presently explained, and extending from the sides of the base portion 3 where it merges into the extension 6 are lugs 14 which are in a plne lower than that of the ends of the ri 12.

The guy cable is denoted by the numeral 15 and is passed around the base 3 and secured in the usual manner.

Any inward draft of the cable is resisted by the lugs 14 and will therefore tend to bind 55 y the end of the extension 6 against the pole so that the spike 8 will not be loosened, and these lugs will also prevent the cable from contact-ing the pole. v

The rib 12 holds the cable so that it can- G0 not slip oii' the hub, but the lugs 14 not only prevent the cable from contacting the pole, but also prevent the loosening of the spike at the lower end of the extension 6 in the manner above described.

What is claimed is:-

1. The hereindescribed fixture for the attachment of a guy to a pole, comprising a base portion having an outwardly extending pierced hub and a pierced extension extending downwardly from said hub, said extension Vstaked to the pole, and said hub having a. Grooved rib extending from its upper and s1 e portions and said base having outwardly extending lugs between which and the "if ends of said rib a cable surrounding the hub is conned.

2. A guy fixture for a pole comprising a base portion 'having a pierced hub to accom-` modate a bolt for securement to the pole and S0 a downwardly pierced extension for spiking the fixture to the pole, said hub having an interiorly grooved rib extending around its upper and side portions, rand the fixture at the point Where the said extension merges into said hub having laterally extending lugs whereby'when the cable is applied around the hub it will be confined between the ends of the rib and said lugs.

In testimony whereof I atx my signature 9u hereto.

ROLLAND G. WILLIAMS. ,Y 

